Noun
Honour, pride; reputation.
Usage- India
- North
- Pakistan
- Uncountable
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‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’
‘She has cut off our noses. And our izzat.’
A purported system of social credit alleged to be endemic to Indian culture that is used in Indophobic circles as an explanation for the perceived behaviour of Indians.
Usage- Derogatory
- Uncountable